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This is a selection of articles from the December 2006 archive. Click here for this month's Allergy & Immunology headlines.
[Preview] Autophagy in MHC Class II Presentation: Sampling from Within
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Source: Immunity - December 31, 2006 Source Type: news
[Preview] Ito Cells, Stellate Cells, and Myofibroblasts: New Actors in Antigen Presentation
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Source: Immunity - December 31, 2006 Source Type: news
[Article] FcγRIII-Dependent Inhibition of Interferon-γ Responses Mediates Suppressive Effects of Intravenous Immune Globulin
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Source: Immunity - December 31, 2006 Source Type: news
Peripheral antigen display by lymph node stroma promotes T cell tolerance to intestinal self
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Source: Nature Immunology - December 31, 2006 Authors: Je-Wook LeeMathieu EpardaudJing SunJessica E BeckerAlexander C ChengAi-ris YonekuraJoan K HeathShannon J Turley Source Type: news
Transcription factors T-bet and Runx3 cooperate to activate Ifng and silence Il4 in T helper type 1 cells
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Source: Nature Immunology - December 31, 2006 Authors: Ivana M DjureticDitsa LevanonVarda NegreanuYoram GronerAnjana RaoK Mark Ansel Source Type: news
The Year in Asthma
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Source: MedPage Today Allergy - December 28, 2006 Source Type: news
Influence of Caregivers' Health Beliefs and Experiences on Their Use of Environmental Control Practices in Homes of Pre-School Children with Asthma
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Source: Pediatric Asthma, Allergy - December 28, 2006 Source Type: news
Inspiratory Flowthrough Dry-Powder Inhalers (DPIs) in Asthmatic Children 2 to 12 Years Old
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Source: Pediatric Asthma, Allergy - December 28, 2006 Source Type: news
Monoclonal Antibody Specific for MHC Class II Molecule I-Ab
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Source: UW TechTransfer Invention Licensing Innovations :: Immunology - December 28, 2006 Source Type: news
Sublingual immunotherapy.
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Source: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology - December 26, 2006 Source Type: news
Improvement of the synthetic tri-peptide vaccine (S3Pvac) against porcine Taenia solium cysticercosis in search of a more effective, inexpensive and manageable vaccine.
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Source: Vaccine - December 26, 2006 Source Type: news
The bacterial second messenger cyclic diGMP exhibits potent adjuvant properties.
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Source: Vaccine - December 26, 2006 Source Type: news
A robust method for production of MHC tetramers with small molecule fluorophores.
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Source: Journal of Immunological Methods - December 26, 2006 Source Type: news
The CD94/NKG2 Family of Receptors: From Molecules and Cells to Clinical Relevance
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Source: Immunologic Research - December 25, 2006 Source Type: news
Impact of Lipoxin-Mediated Regulation on Immune Response to Infectious Disease
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Source: Immunologic Research - December 25, 2006 Source Type: news
Following the TRAIL to Apoptosis
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Source: Immunologic Research - December 25, 2006 Source Type: news
Promise and Pitfalls in Animal-Based Asthma Research: Building a Better Mousetrap
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Source: Immunologic Research - December 25, 2006 Source Type: news
Pathogenesis of Mycobacterium avium Infection: Typical Responses to an Atypical Mycobacterium?
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Source: Immunologic Research - December 25, 2006 Source Type: news
â€Shapely†Germs Shape Up The Immune System
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Source: Immune System / Vaccines News From Medical News Today - December 25, 2006 Source Type: news
Transient regulatory T-cells: A state attained by all activated human T-cells.
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Source: Clinical Immunology - December 24, 2006 Source Type: news
Scaffold protein Dlgh1 coordinates alternative p38 kinase activation, directing T cell receptor signals toward NFAT but not NF-κB transcription factors
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Source: Nature Immunology - December 24, 2006 Authors: June L RoundLisa A HumphriesTamar TomassianPaul MittelstadtMin ZhangM Carrie Miceli Source Type: news
The adaptor protein CARD9 is required for innate immune responses to intracellular pathogens
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Source: Nature Immunology - December 24, 2006 Authors: Yen-Michael S HsuYongliang ZhangYun YouDonghai WangHongxiu LiOmar DuramadXiao-Feng QinChen DongXin Lin Source Type: news
Immune accessory functions of human endothelial cells are modulated by overexpression of B7-H1 (PDL1).
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Source: Human Immunology - December 23, 2006 Source Type: news
Association of sudden infant death syndrome with VEGF and IL-6 gene polymorphisms.
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Source: Human Immunology - December 23, 2006 Source Type: news
Polymorphism in L-selectin, E-selectin and ICAM-1 genes in Asian Indian pediatric patients with celiac disease.
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Source: Human Immunology - December 23, 2006 Source Type: news
Soluble HLA-G in rheumatoid arthritis.
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Source: Human Immunology - December 23, 2006 Source Type: news
Terminal differentiation of plasmacytoid dendritic cells
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Source: Nature Reviews Immunology - December 23, 2006 Authors: Elaine Bell Source Type: news
In Brief
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Source: Nature Reviews Immunology - December 23, 2006 Source Type: news
Breaching the barrier
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Source: Nature Reviews Immunology - December 23, 2006 Authors: Sheilagh Molloy Source Type: news
FoxP3+ T Cells Undergo Conventional First Switch to Lymphoid Tissue Homing Receptors in Thymus but Accelerated Second Switch to Nonlymphoid Tissue Homing Receptors in Secondary Lymphoid Tissues.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - December 23, 2006 Source Type: news
Role of the Intracellular Domain of IL-7 Receptor in T Cell Development.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - December 23, 2006 Source Type: news
Distinct and shared transcriptomes are regulated by microphthalmia-associated transcription factor isoforms in mast cells.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - December 23, 2006 Source Type: news
Osteoprotegerin Reduces the Serum Level of Receptor Activator of NF-{kappa}B Ligand Derived from Osteoblasts.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - December 23, 2006 Source Type: news
Granulysin-mediated tumor rejection in transgenic mice.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - December 23, 2006 Source Type: news
Th3 Cells in Peripheral Tolerance. II. TGF-beta-Transgenic Th3 Cells Rescue IL-2-Deficient Mice from Autoimmunity.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - December 23, 2006 Source Type: news
Critical Role of the Fc Receptor {gamma}-Chain on APCs in the Development of Allergen-Induced Airway Hyperresponsiveness and Inflammation.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - December 23, 2006 Source Type: news
Loss of Src Homology Region 2 Domain-Containing Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase-1 Increases CD8+ T Cell-APC Conjugate Formation and Is Associated with Enhanced In Vivo CTL Function.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - December 23, 2006 Source Type: news
Streptococcal Preparation OK-432 Promotes Fusion Efficiency and Enhances Induction of Antigen-Specific CTL by Fusions of Dendritic Cells and Colorectal Cancer Cells.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - December 23, 2006 Source Type: news
IL-22 Participates in an Innate Anti-HIV-1 Host-Resistance Network through Acute-Phase Protein Induction.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - December 23, 2006 Source Type: news
Apoptotic Splenocytes Drive the Autoimmune Response to Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase 1 in a Murine Model of Lupus.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - December 23, 2006 Source Type: news
C-Reactive Protein-Mediated Suppression of Nephrotoxic Nephritis: Role of Macrophages, Complement, and Fc{gamma} Receptors.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - December 23, 2006 Source Type: news
Regulation of reactive oxygen species by atm is essential for proper response to DNA double-strand breaks in lymphocytes.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - December 23, 2006 Source Type: news
Dendritic Cell Transmigration through Brain Microvessel Endothelium Is Regulated by MIP-1{alpha} Chemokine and Matrix Metalloproteinases.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - December 23, 2006 Source Type: news
Essential Roles of c-Rel in TLR-Induced IL-23 p19 Gene Expression in Dendritic Cells.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - December 23, 2006 Source Type: news
IL-6 Produced by Dendritic Cells from Lupus-Prone Mice Inhibits CD4+CD25+ T Cell Regulatory Functions.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - December 23, 2006 Source Type: news
Urinary Bladder Epithelium Antigen Induces CD8+ T Cell Tolerance, Activation, and Autoimmune Response.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - December 23, 2006 Source Type: news
IL-2 Receptor beta-Dependent STAT5 Activation Is Required for the Development of Foxp3+ Regulatory T Cells.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - December 23, 2006 Source Type: news
Spleen tyrosine kinase (syk), a novel target of curcumin, is required for B lymphoma growth.
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Source: Journal of Immunology - December 23, 2006 Source Type: news
Development of Serological Assays for Thottapalayam Virus, an Insectivore-Borne Hantavirus.
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Source: Clinical and Vaccine Immunology - December 23, 2006 Source Type: news
FFF Enterprises Launches 2007-2008 Flu Vaccine Ordering January 4
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Source: Immune System / Vaccines News From Medical News Today - December 23, 2006 Source Type: news
Enhanced immune response by amphotericin B following NS1 protein prime-oral recombinant Salmonella vaccine boost vaccination protects mice from dengue virus challenge.
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Source: Vaccine - December 21, 2006 Source Type: news
Vaccine potential for inactivated shigellae.
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Source: Vaccine - December 21, 2006 Source Type: news
Improved protection of mice against lethal respiratory infection with Coccidioides posadasii using two recombinant antigens expressed as a single protein.
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Source: Vaccine - December 21, 2006 Source Type: news
Dynamics of dendritic cell migration and the subsequent induction of protective immunity in the lung after repeated airway challenges by nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae outer membrane protein.
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Source: Vaccine - December 21, 2006 Source Type: news
Antibody generation through B cell panning on antigen followed by in situ culture and direct RT-PCR on cells harvested en masse from antigen-positive wells.
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Source: Journal of Immunological Methods - December 21, 2006 Source Type: news
Amplification of the antigen-antibody interaction from quartz crystal microbalance immunosensors via back-filling immobilization of nanogold on biorecognition surface.
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Source: Journal of Immunological Methods - December 21, 2006 Source Type: news
Concomitant real-time monitoring of intracellular reactive oxygen species and mitochondrial membrane potential in individual living promonocytic cells.
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Source: Journal of Immunological Methods - December 21, 2006 Source Type: news
Development of an in vitro potency assay for therapeutic TGFbeta antagonists: the A549 cell bioassay.
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Source: Journal of Immunological Methods - December 21, 2006 Source Type: news
Rapid and efficient identification of epitopes/mimotopes from random peptide libraries.
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Source: Journal of Immunological Methods - December 21, 2006 Source Type: news
Antigens for the selection of pan-variable number of tandem repeats motif-specific human antibodies against Mucin-1.
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Source: Journal of Immunological Methods - December 21, 2006 Source Type: news
New flow cytometric technique for the evaluation of circulating endothelial progenitor cell levels in various disease groups.
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Source: Journal of Immunological Methods - December 21, 2006 Source Type: news
WSX-1 plays a significant role for the initiation of experimental autoimmune uveitis
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Source: International Immunology - December 21, 2006 Authors: Sonoda, K.-H., Yoshimura, T., Takeda, A., Ishibashi, T., Hamano, S., Yoshida, H. Source Type: news
Probiotic-induced suppression of allergic sensitization and airway inflammation is associated with an increase of T regulatory-dependent mechanisms in a murine model of asthma
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Source: Clinical and Experimental Allergy - December 20, 2006 Source Type: news
Human bone marrow stromal cells hamper specific interactions of CD4 and CD8 T lymphocytes with antigen-presenting cells.
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Source: Human Immunology - December 20, 2006 Source Type: news
Hyperactivity and reactivity of peripheral blood neutrophils in chronic periodontitis
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Source: Clinical and Experimental Immunology - December 20, 2006 Source Type: news
Inverse association of farm milk consumption with asthma and allergy in rural and suburban populations across Europe
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Source: Clinical and Experimental Allergy - December 20, 2006 Source Type: news
NFL Superstar Deion Branch Partners With Meningitis Foundation Of America To Raise Awareness About Importance Of Vaccines
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Source: Immune System / Vaccines News From Medical News Today - December 20, 2006 Source Type: news
Research Highlights
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Source: Nature Immunology - December 20, 2006 Source Type: news
Osteopontin-induced survival of T cells
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Source: Nature Immunology - December 20, 2006 Authors: Ingunn M StromnesJoan M Goverman Source Type: news
Stanford Discovery May Help Predict When Toxoplasma Can Be Deadly
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Source: Immune System / Vaccines News From Medical News Today - December 19, 2006 Source Type: news
Interferon-β therapy reduces CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell reactivity in multiple sclerosis
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Source: Immunology - December 18, 2006 Source Type: news
Flu Shot More Effective Against Drifted Influenza Than Nasal Spray Vaccine
